Project 365: Days 131-146

Ok, I continue to fail on posting these with any regularity. But I am still shooting at least once a day for my Project 365. It is somewhat interesting to see what the last couple of weeks have garnered all together in one single post. Well ok, perhaps not, but …

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Project 365: Days 76-82

Once again, life last week got in the way of posting my Project 365 on a daily basis. But I still managed to shoot everyday. And one day I even made it out of the house with my camera! I hope I can return to posting more regularly, but we’ll …

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Project 365 Roundup – Days 44-55

December 27 was the day I traveled back to Seattle after being in Hawaii for 14 days. I returned to a wet, cold, and grey Seattle. I was definitely not very motivated by the relative “blech” of the Northwest. So, I gave myself a couple of days off of my …

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An Unlikely Encounter (365:39)

December 22 (day 39 of my Project 365) was packed full of seafaring adventures. It began in search of whales and ended with snorkeling at night with graceful (and huge!) manta rays. The manta story will have to wait, however, until I get the film from my underwater camera developed. …

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Place of Refuge (365:36)

On Day 36 of my Project 365, I went to Pu’uhonua o Honaunau, also know as the Place of Refuge. It’s a bit more touristy than I usually enjoy, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t still beautiful. There was a self-guided walking tour through replicated structures of the ancient Hawaiians. …

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Surfers in the Backyard (365:34)

What makes for a bad snorkeling day, makes for a great day to surf. Our attempts to snorkel were thwarted twice today by big surf. But there were dozens of surfers and people on boogie boards in any cove that had decent waves. Our little cove was not very crowded …

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Move to Ali’i Hale (365:33)

Today we moved into the rental house down on Ali’i Drive and my two sisters arrived. The whole Russell clan is together for the first time since Rome in the Spring of 2005. But earlier in the day, before the sisters arrived, my parents and I took all of our …

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